Nearly all the puppets are made for the show (just one tiny mouse and various props and backgrounds to go). The ones in the pictures here are from Chicken Licken and The Enormous Turnip stories. Please see the previous 2 posts to see earlier updates about the “Fairytales of Wit, Wisdom and Witchcraft” show.
What I really need to do now is to get my shadow screen and OHP (overhead projector) out and have a play to see how best to use the puppets and put the show together. I will then be able to see what more things need making and Tim Austin and I will be able to put a script together too. Finding a space to do this in is the tricky part at the moment as we do not have a suitable space of our own.
If you would like to book this show we are putting dates in our diary now so please CLICK HERE to get in touch!
We will be visiting The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford on Saturday the 12th with a drop-in Shadow Puppet making workshop and performances of my suitcase shows. This is part of a family day to celebrate the opening of their (long awaited) new “Sound & Vision” gallery space. CLICK HERE for more details.
I am also talking to a festival about a shadow puppetry commission for next year; I won’t go into detail as a funding bid has to be put together. I’ll let you know all about it later if the funding bid is successful.
Here are more progress puppets for our upcoming show “Fairytales of Wit, Wisdom and Witchcraft” (CLICK HERE to find out more). I have overshot my initial estimate for how long it would take me to make all the puppets, but if a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well and taking a little more time, I feel.
We have here now the puppets for “Goldilocks and the Three Bears”, “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”, “Little Red Riding Hood” and a few puppets for “Chicken Licken” or “Chicken Little” as I believe it is better known in America.
As I said in my previous post, (CLICK HERE TO VIEW) I have been using cereal and pizza boxes for environmental reasons and to show how much is possible using recycled materials. The cutting out has been with a combination of scissors, craft knife and Indonesian Shadow Puppet Chisels for some of the cut out details.
Making an articulated Goldilocks puppet that will be able to sit down in chairs…Starting a Baby/Little Bear Puppet…Mother/Middle sized bear started…Finished Little/Baby and Middle sized/Mother BearStarting Big/Father Bear…3 finished Bears togetherBig Billy Goat Gruff…Finished Big Billy goat and starting Middle sized Goat…Middle sized goat and Little Goat startedThe body is good but the head is too small, so a larger one is made3 Billy Goats GruffMiddle sized Goat has finishing cut out touches addedStarting the Troll…Trial of elasticated jaw mech.Drawing a Granny to go with Wolf and Red Riding Hood already complete…Wolf’s head blown up on photocopier to make large articulated wolf’s head for swallowing people whole/talkingfinished head with Granny drawing and puppet making list…Granny roughly cut out with wolf in bed drawing…2nd Wolf Head with Granny’s cap and glasses created by drawing round the first oneSeparate bed and Granny head and bloated snoozing wolf started…Snoozing Wolf on bedSnoozing wolf with articulated tummyTop half of WoodcutterComplete Woodcutter with axe and scissorsWoodcutter and snoozing wolfFox for Chicken LickenFox, Chicken Licken and Acorn
If you have a question or a comment about the puppets do please put it on the post, I always to try to reply 🙂
I am taking bookings for this show and accompanying workshops from August 2025 onwards. It is particularly suitable for schools and libraries and fits in nicely with the light and shadow and traditional tales (fairy tales) topic.
If you need a show or a workshop sooner than this, do get in touch as I have many existing shows and workshops that we can do to meet your needs. Just get in touch and I will be happy to supply quotes and talk to you about your needs/event. We have puppet shows and workshops for indoors and outdoors, festivals, community events, theatres, youth theatres etc. CLICK HERE to contact me 🙂
Theatres or theatre companies please get in touch for puppet commissions, training, residencies, collaborations etc.
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If you want to see Rough Magic Theatre live, our Mad Hatter’s Tea Party show will be coming to Congleton Food Festival again this coming Sunday. More details on the WHERE YOU CAN SEE ME page.
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